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Mr. Nobody

2:51:00 PM

He is called Mister Nobody and he’s known for being not special at all
and doing nothing unusual. Every day he wakes up, drinks his coffee,
doesn’t have time to have breakfast, catches his bus, goes to work, has
small talk with his colleagues, works, goes back home, eats in front of
the TV and goes to sleep. He looks like everyone else. He talks like
everyone else. He wears old but elegant black coat and his eyes are
kinda empty. His ringtone is the basic one that was already in his
phone. His neighbors think that he is strange but nice. He always stops
to pet a dog. Every 2 months he goes to the same hairdresser down the
street and he always wants the same haircut. He doesn’t have favorite
color or animal or day in the week or dinosaur. When he was a kid he
used to have dinosaur slippers, though. He doesn’t like his job but he
doesn’t want to change it. He wants to visit Greece, but he’ll probably
never go there.
When he was younger, he had a lot of wishes and
ambitions, but he thought that it was too inconvenient to change the
things he’s already used to. What happened? Nothing at all. Now he has
none.
You’ve already seen him. Maybe on the street or in the bus, but you didn’t pay attention, and maybe in the mirror.

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Great post!! A lot of use has become mr nobody, going through life emotionally numb. We need to liven up our routines or our kids are going to be the same way!! Shake things up, do something different every once and awhile!! We all need some spontaneity in our lives!!

how come I can see myself from this Mr Nobody ... You know what I am actually a loner type of guy and I used to isolate myself from people for no particular reason.. so at somepoint I can consider myself a Mr Nobody because of my lack of social interactions and nobody seems to care about my existence (other than my family and close friends of course haha)

Unfortunately there are a lot of people like Mr Nobody, that have lost all their hope and dreams and just live to die. Maybe it's the system that screw them up, maybe it's themselves, maybe there's his parents that screw him up. Or maybe it's just life, taking no risks means safe and security, and who would want to lose that, especially if you're middle aged, with an average income that covers your mortgage and food and that's about it? It's sad, I saw this many times in my country, with the people that were young 20 years ago, that don't know otherwise because that's how the life was back then, in communism.

I think you have met my husband. You just described him to a t. But he likes that that is who he is. :-) I liked this, subtle and beautiful. ps. I like medium posts. Too long and my eyes glaze over, too short and I think "why the heck did i waste my time clicking on that?" lol

Well, this just brought me to tears. Mr Nobody sounds like he just hasn't lived his life. I am fearful of becoming a Ms Nobody myself. While I don't need to see the world, I wouldn't mind some light traveling myself. I recently lost a cousin, last summer in August. She was the second oldest out of 8 of us. She traveled the world and lived life completely to the fullest. She lived with no fear. At 43 years old, her death put my world into perspective. She was only 36. She was so young. Her death was a painful reminder that we are not invincible to death. So it is my desire to somehow try and do some living like she did. I hope I can. Sorry for such a long comment, but your story really struck a chord with me. Great writing :)

I'm so sorry for your cousin, that's really sad. I truly admire the way she lived, as you said, fearlessly and unapologetically. I believe in you! You can make your life whatever you want to!And thank you so much, it really means a lot to me.Have a great day x

I've gotten used to reading beauty and fashion articles that I've forgotten of the true art of writing. This was refreshing. Please continue to share your gift with the world. I am totally subscribing <3

Thank you :) Some people may not have the capacity to become Mr. Somebody, and some just let it happen.. i agree that we all have that point in our life. I did and now i can look back at that point and tell myself "I made it!"

This is really interesting to think that you could be the Mr. Nobody. Some days I want to be that person that no one really pays attention to and some days I want someone to care. Thanks for the food for thought.

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